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D. P. BURDON.

VACUUM WATER ELEVATOR.

No. 460,845. Patented Oct. 6,1891.

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VACUUM WATER BLBVATOB.. No. 460,845. Patented Oct. 6, 1891.

David l). Buzclow.

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VACUUM WATER ELBVATOR.

No. 460,845. Patented Oct. 6, `1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

DA VID PATmON ilURDON, OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO PAUL SATTELKAII, OF SAME PLACE.

VACU U Nl WATER-ELEVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 460,845, dated October 6, 1891.

Application led June 13, 1891.

lc all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAvrD PATToN BURDON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Jacksonville,in the countyof Duval and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Vacuum IVatenElevator, of which the following is a specification.

This water-elevators; and it has for its object to provide a device of this class which shall be simple in construction, durable, and effective in operation, and by means of which large quantities of water may be raised quickly and economically.

lVith these ends in view the invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and 4combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims. 2c In the dra-wings hereto annexed, Figure l i a side elevation, partly in section, of a steam vacuum water-elevator constructed in accordance with my invention and showing the same at rest in its initial position. Fig. 2 is similar` View showing the machine in a position which it occupies in operation. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 3 3 in Fig. 1, showing the foot-valve in plan View. Fig. et is a side elevation of the foot-valve. Fig. 5 is a plan View showing the seat of' the foot-valve. Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectional detail view taken on the line G 6 in Fig. 1.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

1 designates a tubular upright haying a tapering lower end 2, to which is attached a diaphragm or valve-seat 3, having a square or rectangular opening provided with crossbars 5, forming separate inlet-openings G, for each of' which an independent upwardly-opening valve 7 is provided. rlhe several valves 7, which are hinged upon rods 8, mounted upon lugs 9 upon the valve-seat constitute the foot-valve or check-valve of my improved water-elevator. The tubular upright l is provided at its upper end with upwardly-curved branch-pipes lO, supporting a tank 1l, in which are arranged a pair of cylinders 12 and l2. The said cylinders are provided at their 5o lower ends with downwardly-tapering bases 13, which are polygonal in horizontal section,

invention relates to steam vacuumv Serial No. 396,173. (No model.)

so as to present a series of sides or faces 14:, each of which forms a valve-seat, at the upper iedge of which is hinged an upwardly and outwardly opening valve 15. The brauch pipes 10 open into the bases of the cylinders and are provided with seats 1G for the upwardly-opening valves 17, which are similar in construction to the foot-valve of the dev1ce.

The cylinders, which are closed at their up per ends, are provided near their upper ends with laterally and downwardly extending pipes 18, the inner ends of which support'the perforated spray tubes or nozzles 19, exteud- 6 5 ing from their joint with said pipe downwardly within the' cylinders, and the outer ends of said pipes are extended downwardly into the tank 11 at a point below the discharge-spout 2O of the latter. The spray- 7o tubes 19 are provided at their upper ends with concave diffusing disks or deflectors 2l, which are arranged directly below the steaminlet pipes 22, which are connected centrally to the upper ends of the cylinders. The inlet-pipes 22 are provided with valve-casings 23 for ordinary puppet-valves, the stems of which 24 extend upwardly and are connected pivotally with the levers 25, the outer ends of which are suitably pivoted to brackets 26 8c and the inner ends of which are provided with downwardly-eXtending pivoted rods or handles 27. The latter are provided with collars 28, which may be mounted adjustably thereon by means of set-screws 29. 8

The bases or lower ends of the cylinders 12 12n are provided with laterally-extending pipes 30, connected with chambers or casings 3l, having upwardlyextending pipes 32, which are connected with the cylinders near 9o the upper ends of the latter. The upper ends of the pipes 32 are provided with packingboxes 33, forming guides for the verticallysliding rods 34, the lower ends of which are also guided in recesses 35 in the lower ends 95 of the chambers or casings 3l. The vertically-sliding rods 35i are provided inside the chambers or casings 3l with cups, floats, or weights, as 36, for the purpose of operating the said rods, as will be hereinafter more roo fully described. IVhile eithe1cups,loats, or weights will answer for the pu rpose indicated,

from'the operating-levers 25 of the valves.

It will be observed from the foregoing description that the equipment of the cylinders y 12 and 12a is identical in every respect.

The operation is as follows: One of therods or handles 27 is operated by hand, so as to open thevalve controlled thereby, thus admittingsteamginto. the upper end of one of the cylinders 12l or 12.1-, the tank 11 having been.- prev-iously partially irlled withrwatemso as to'l seal the lower ends` of the pipes 1S. The steam on entering the cylinder is diffused by the; deIiecting-plate 21, and on condensing forms a partial vacuum, causing water to be forced by the pressure of the atmospherel through the pipes 18 and spray -tube 19. When steam isagain admitted, it becomes-instantly condensed byV the water distributed' through the nozzle 1 9, thus-formi nga vacuum, whereby the water isy raised through. thevalve' 7, tubular cylinder l, and valve 17 into the cylinder-12 or 12., as the-case may be. Duringgthis part of the operation the valves 15 of course remain closed by the pressure of the waterV in the tank 11 and also by the'vacuum formed in the cylinder.. Vhile the water cylinders-for insta-nce, the cylinder 12-the rises in the cylinder in which the-vacuum has been formedit rises correspondingly in the pipe; 32v and cham-ber 31,. connectedwith said? cylinder;` and this operation is repeated alternately with the-valves-Y of the two cylinders until both are -lied with water, ory nearly so. Vvvhen-A steam is again ad mittedinto oneof the water' contained in said' cylinder-is forced out by the pressure of the steam through. the Valves 15 and into thetank 11, fromwhich it escapes through the spout 20. When thev waierescapes fromthe cylinder 12, it simultaneously is-lowered inthe pipe 32Y and chamber 31., connected with said cylinder, and the weight or cup 36 in the said chamber overbalances that contained inthe chamber-31,.

connected with` the cylinder 12, which,being thus forced. in an upward direction, serves, through the intermediate mechanism', to open thesteam-i-nlet valve. of the cylinder 12, the contentsof which are-now forced out through the` val-vesl by the pressure of the entering steam. In. the meanwhile the steam; inV the cylinder 12 begins to condense, causing apartial` vacuum, whereby water is draw-n into the cylinder through; the spray pipe or nozzle', which completes the condensation of the,

steam, forming a complete vacuum, which causes the cylinder to be filled with water entering through the valves 17. At the same time the water escapes from the cylinder l2, causing the weight inthe casing 36, connected with said cylinder, to be lowered, thus reversingA the position of the steam-inlet valves. The operation will thus' proceed rapidly and automatically, the two cylinders being alter'- -nately iilled and discharged and the steaminlet valves being` alternately opened and closed, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a steam vacuum water-elevator, the combination of a tubular upright having a foot-valve, a tankv supported upon said upright, the eylindersmounted in said tank and connectedwith the tubular upright by branch pipes having valves opening intosaid cylinders, the upwardly and outwardly opening valves at the lower ends of the latter, the

pipes extending outwardly and' downwardly from the said cylinders near the upper ends of the latter, the cylindrical spray tubes or nozzles connected to and suspended from the'v in:- nerends of said pipe and extending downwardly therefrom within the cylinders,Y the concave deiiecting-plates atther upper ends` of said nozzles, and means for admitting steam, into said cylinders` alternately, control-led by the fall and rise, of the water, substantiallyasv and for thel purpose. herein. set forth. i

2. In a steam vacuum water-elevatorof the class herein described, the; combination of the cylinders havingthe lateral-ly and downwardly extending pipes,v the perforated spraytubes supported at the in ner ends of said pipes and having concave detlecting-plates at their upper ends, the steam-inlet pipes at the upper ends; of said cylinders, valves arranged in said pipes and having upwardlyextending stems connected with operating.

levers, the rods depending fronr the, inner ends of said levers and having downwardlyextending rods provided with. adjustable col-.- lars, the casings having upwardly-extending pipes connected withl the cylinders near the upper and lower ends .of the latter, the vertically-sliding rods having cups or their described equivalentsarranged in said casings, and the lever or walkingbeam connected pivotally with saidv rods and havingits ends extended into the path of the collars upon the rods of the valve-operating. levers, substantially as and. for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

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